CP/M

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Jun 18 22:34:33 1998

Ahem! Read the message Bruce. We were talking about sealing tape, not mag
tape!


  Joe


At 07:44 PM 6/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>At 18:29 18-06-98 +0100, Tony Duell proclaimed:
>
>>> >holes and putting the disk back in the jacket. Problem is resealing the
>>> >edge of the jacket which I've opened.
>>>
>>> Tape works well!
>>
>>No it doesn't! 99% of all the tapes out there fail after a couple of
>>years (at most) leaving a somewhat sticky residue behind. 5.25" (and 8")
>
> I beg to differ. Tell that to my many 9-track tapes which are all original
>DEC distribution media. At least half of them are ten years old, and (I'm
>pleased to say) showing no signs of deterioration whatsoever. I was able
>to, a couple of years ago, successfully read a 9-track tape I recorded on a
>PDP-11/70 that was at least fifteen years old (the tape, not the PDP). No
>errors at all.
>
> I also have a number of QICs (Quarter-Inch Cartridges) that seem to be
>just as stable now as when they rolled off the assembly line at least 12
>years ago.
>
> Where did you get the idea that tape is so fragile? I'd wager the ones you
>encountered were either of very poor quality or were stored under adverse
>conditions (high heat, high humidity, etc).
>
>
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